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lanceolatis oblongisve sessilibus subintegerrimis ; calycis tubo apice infundibulari-inflato 

 ovario prismatico sessili laciniisque triangulari-lanceolatis cuspidatis 3-4-plo longiore ; 

 petalis rhombei-obovatis stylo paulo longioribus. — Sunny hill-sides, at Santa Fe, and on 

 the Rio del Norte ; also (chiefly a narrower-leaved form) from Rock Creek eastward to 

 the Cimarron River ; May to August. — A well-marked species, with numerous stems 4 

 to 1 inches long, the larger ones procumbent ; the whole plant green, but sprinkled 

 with minute glandular or resinous dots. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, 2 to 6 lines wide, 

 rather obtuse, somewhat scattered. Flower, including the sessile ovary, three inches 

 long, the calyx-tube fully half an inch wide at the throat. Petals about an inch long, 

 " sulphur-color, turning to red in a few days after opening, and in drying." Anthers half 

 an inch long. Stigma dilated, disciform, obscurely 4-lobed. Capsule (immature) an 

 inch long, linear, between prismatic and cylindrical, slightly incurved, of the same diam- 

 eter throughout, somewhat 4-grooved, glabrous. The flower-buds are spotted with pur- 

 ple, as is often the case with (E. Missouriensis, to which our plant bears some likeness. 

 — The section Salpingia is further confirmed by the discovery of still another species, a 

 dwarf frutescent plant, of which specimens were gathered in Northern Mexico by Dr. 

 Gregg.* In his collection I also find (E. (Salpingia) lavandulaefolia, Torr. #• Gray, from 

 the neighbourhood of Buena Vista; from Encantada, also the (E. Hartwegi (likewise 

 gathered around Monterey by Dr. Edwards and Major Eaton) ; and from Patos a variety 

 of the same, approaching (E. lavandulEefolia, with somewhat hoary and toothed leaves. 

 The seeds are oblong and inappendiculate. 



231. Gaura epilobioides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. &• Sp. 6. p. 93? Near fields, Santa 

 Fe ; May to Sept. — There are several forms of the plant in the collection, which accord 

 pretty well with the description of G. epilobioides, and, as to the flowers and upper 

 leaves, may well be compared with Epilobium rosmarinifolium. It is the same plant 

 with no. 164 of Coulter's Mexican collection, except that the upper leaves of ours are 

 smoother. 



f232. G. villosa, Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. Y. 2. p. 200. Along the Cimarron River; 

 August, in fruit. — The fruit is oblong, tapering upwards, about 4 lines long, glabrous, 



* (E. (Salpingia) Gkeggii (sp. nov.) : fruticulosa, ramosissima, erecta, undique minutissime viscido-pu- 

 berula; foliis parvis (3-6 lin. longis) spathulatis vel oblanceolatis integerrimis sessilibus seu in petiolum pi. 

 m. attenuatis ; floribus parvulis ; tubo calycis apice breviter obconico filiformi ovario sextuplo laciniisque trian- 

 gulari-lanceolatis cuspidatis petala rhomboidea subaequantibus quintuplo longiore ; capsula sessili oblongo-pris- 

 matica. — Hill southeast of Pelayo, in Chihuahua, Dr. Gregg ; May, 1847. " A very small semi-shrub ; 

 flower yellow." The specimens are about 8 inches high, very bushy: the petals turn to rose-color in drying, 

 as in the allied species, and are one third of an inch in length. Capsules scarcely half an inch long. 



